Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is pathing that wasn't working when FCV and BRYC attempted a back door partnership. Starting in ECNL - R is requisite to show readiness to advance. Similar to the Cleveland Force starting ECNL R and now going ECNL. Give the pathing 2-3 years and they may very well be ECNL
That would require FCVs B teams to dominate ECNL-R.
That’s not going to happen.
Incorrect. A team can play on B - they will have to do this to get their heavy rosters playing time. Some teams have 22+
So the DA-rostered players will be playing games against NPL teams?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is pathing that wasn't working when FCV and BRYC attempted a back door partnership. Starting in ECNL - R is requisite to show readiness to advance. Similar to the Cleveland Force starting ECNL R and now going ECNL. Give the pathing 2-3 years and they may very well be ECNL
That would require FCVs B teams to dominate ECNL-R.
That’s not going to happen.
Incorrect. A team can play on B - they will have to do this to get their heavy rosters playing time. Some teams have 22+
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is pathing that wasn't working when FCV and BRYC attempted a back door partnership. Starting in ECNL - R is requisite to show readiness to advance. Similar to the Cleveland Force starting ECNL R and now going ECNL. Give the pathing 2-3 years and they may very well be ECNL
That would require FCVs B teams to dominate ECNL-R.
That’s not going to happen.
Incorrect. A team can play on B - they will have to do this to get their heavy rosters playing time. Some teams have 22+
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:This is pathing that wasn't working when FCV and BRYC attempted a back door partnership. Starting in ECNL - R is requisite to show readiness to advance. Similar to the Cleveland Force starting ECNL R and now going ECNL. Give the pathing 2-3 years and they may very well be ECNL
That would require FCVs B teams to dominate ECNL-R.
That’s not going to happen.
Anonymous wrote:This is pathing that wasn't working when FCV and BRYC attempted a back door partnership. Starting in ECNL - R is requisite to show readiness to advance. Similar to the Cleveland Force starting ECNL R and now going ECNL. Give the pathing 2-3 years and they may very well be ECNL
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL
GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.
I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.
Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?
No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams
You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.
I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield
This is a pathway. Jealousy is unbecoming.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^^^And that is exactly what FCV is positioning itself to do. VIVA is in Annandale near the St. James. Get rid of underperforming BRYC and it’s a done deal.
NOVA doesn’t need another ECNL club and BRYC leaving doesn’t necessarily mean FCV is in either. The reason BRYC is so bad will not be changed by FCV moving there. BRYC is surrounded by ECNL clubs and already being a poor performer keeps them from drawing quality players when VDA, Arlington and McLean/Union are better draws and overlap geographically. Virginia clubs that would get ECNL before FCV would be Skyline and Beach.
But North and South Carolina need more clubs so that ECNL can realign and condense divisions.
Adding 2 more VA clubs could make for a reasonably sized division with less travel. But North and South Carolina need to add clubs too.
What is keeping FCV out of ECNL are a couple of things.
1. Over saturation in NOVA
2. Politics
3. Lack of a boys side. (Yes Villarreal address that but those other issues just complicate it. Also, with Evergreen where will FCV be isn’t going to help.
Anonymous wrote:^^^And that is exactly what FCV is positioning itself to do. VIVA is in Annandale near the St. James. Get rid of underperforming BRYC and it’s a done deal.
Anonymous wrote:^^^And that is exactly what FCV is positioning itself to do. VIVA is in Annandale near the St. James. Get rid of underperforming BRYC and it’s a done deal.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^^^They probably would if the club was full ECNL. This might be in the grand master plan for the St. James-local fields and ultimate admittance to ECNL through VIVA, replacing BRYC, which is struggling across all age groups in both genders.
Look for FCV players to show up at VIVA games this fall and that will be a clue…
They will not get in ECNL and ECNL-R is not ECNL.
And here we go again. Keep stomping those feet!
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:^^^They probably would if the club was full ECNL. This might be in the grand master plan for the St. James-local fields and ultimate admittance to ECNL through VIVA, replacing BRYC, which is struggling across all age groups in both genders.
Look for FCV players to show up at VIVA games this fall and that will be a clue…
They will not get in ECNL and ECNL-R is not ECNL.
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Ecnl-r > GAL
GA is not as good as ECNL but stop with this silliness of ECNL-R being a top league in any way shape or form. As ECNL and GA both continue to expand it is simply a race to the bottom.
I disagree. The mid Atlantic ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL mid Atlantic.
Well arlington was average to above average in GA but you think their 2nd team would do well in Ga? Does not make sense unless you think there is little difference between their teams?
No. I think ecnl-r teams would do well in the GAL. Nothing about 2nd teams
You people are missing the point of ECNL-r. It doesn’t matter which league has better teams. They serve different purposes. ECNL and GAL are national leagues for players interested in getting maximum college exposure, showcases, etc. ECNL-r players are generally done playing after high school. Just because a player is in ECNL-R doesn’t mean they are inferior. Just that they are not likely to play in college.
I’m just saying that the GAL clubs are weak and on the same level as ECNL-R clubs. GAL may be a national league but everyone knows how weak most of the clubs are in GAL. The local ECNL-R clubs are just as good or better than most GAL clubs. Top ECNL-R girls will be recruited at the same level as GAL players. Don’t be naive to thinking this is a pathway to ECNL for FCV, which frankly these days is a glorified CCL club looking for a way to transition to Springfield
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:ECNL R is the “proving ground” for becoming full ECNL. Listen to the town hall. They want as many teams as possible under their umbrella for the 💰
Good luck with that.
Take a look at Tophat for insight into FCV’s future.
https://gasoccerforum.com/thread/4850/tophat-pressure
You are pointing out a discussion that is over a year old?
Is TopHat in ECNL now?
That 07 team that was just “running to ECNL” is still ranked 7th in the Nation.
FCV can’t even touch TopHat in quality or player pool and yet TopHat still isn’t in ECNL.
According to who?!?
Rankings according to Youth Soccer Rankings.